 Australian Native Foods
Articles and Publications
 This section of the site is devoted to articles and publications about the Australian Native Food Industry, and particularly industry development issues.
New and general publications
- Native Foods R&D Priorities and Strategies 2007-2012 (pdf file) (RIRDC publication 08/02) new
- Cultivation and Harvest Quality of Native Food Crops, Maarten Ryder, Yvonne Latham and Bruce Hawke (pdf file) (RIRDC publication 08/019) new
- Food Safety Standards and Labelling for Native Plant Foods, John Faragher, Michelle Parsons and Robert Premier (pdf file) (RIRDC publication 08/20) new
- Riberry Production (pdf 778 Kb) By Russell Glover.
- The effect of post harvest handling on selected native food plants (pdf) (RIRDC publication 06/021, Project No. DAQ-295A)
By KJ Mcdonald, NA Caffin, S Sommano and R Cocksedge
- "Desert Delicious - Indigenous Australian Foods for the Global Palate" by Julian Cribb, Yvonne Latham and Maarten Ryder. Terrain.org A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments. Issue 16, Apring/Summer 2005
- “Tastes of Australia : a directory of the native food industry” 1 st edition 2005
Published by Tanamera Bush Foods
Email: tanamerabf@optus.com.au
Phone / Fax: + 61 (0)8 83830374
Hunt Rd McLaren Flat SA 5171
- Cultivation of Native Food Plants in Southeastern Australia (pdf) (RIRDC publication 04/178, Project No. CSL-11A)
By Maarten Ryder and Yvonne Latham
General publications on native foods
Three RIRDC-funded reports provide some basic background information and future recommendations on the native foods industry:
Other RIRDC publications
- The effect of post harvest handling on selected native food plants (pdf) (RIRDC publication 06/021, Project No. DAQ-295A)
By KJ Mcdonald, NA Caffin, S Sommano and R Cocksedge
- DOOR For Quandong Production - A feasibility study (pdf, 161 Kb) (RIRDC publication W04/111 AQI-2A). By Ben Lethbridge
- Soil biological constraints and benefits to quandong and other native food production (pdf, 94 Kb) (RIRDC publication 03/138 CSL-20A). By Rosemary Warren and Maarten Ryder
- Muntries - The domestication and improvement of Kunzea pomifera (pdf, 882 Kb) (F.Muell.) (RIRDC publication 03/127 UM-52A). By Tony Page
- Cultivation and sustainable wild harvest of Bushfoods by Aboriginal Communities in Central Australia (pdf, 1.3 Mb) (RIRDC publication W03/124 CLC-1A) By Geoff Miers
- Genetic and agronomic improvement of quandong (pdf, 158 Kb) (RIRDC publication 03/110 AQI-1A). By Ben Lethbridge and Barbara Randell
- Researchers' Extension Program for the Native Foods Industry (pdf, 56 Kb) (RIRDC publication 03/013 and ANS-2A). By A. E. Hele
- Innovative Products from Australian Native Foods (pdf) (RIRDC publication 02/109 CFO-1A). by M. Forbes-Smith and J. E. Paton
- Integrated Pest Management of Quandong Moth (pdf, 148 Kb)
- Food Safety of Australian Plant Bushfoods (pdf, 562 Kb)
- Food safety of three species of Native Mint (pdf, 99 Kb)
- Feasibility of a sustainable Bushfood industry in Western Qld (Word, 749 Kb)
- Tasmannia lanceolata. Developing a New Commercial Flavour Product (pdf, 434 Kb)
- Wattle Seed Production in Low Rainfall Areas (pdf, 207 Kb)
Newsletters
The Australian Native Food Industry Limited (ANFIL) is the national body that supports the native food industry. Their newsletters are available from the ANFIL page.
The Australian New Crops Newsletter produced by the University of Queensland Gatton College, has also published articles about the Native Food Industry development. An index and links to articles about native foods can be found at:
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/newslett/2-bush.htm The Southern Bushfood Association has been producing newsletters dedicated to Australian native foods since 1996. They have back issues of most of these newsletters available for a small fee per newsletter.
The Australian Bushfoods Magazine covers Industry development issues, along with technical and market information and general native food news and views. Back issues are also available.
CSIRO Press Releases and Articles
Also search the CSIRO Web site and RIRDC Web site.
Other News and Information
A Sunshine Coast native foods business recently won a ministerial award from the Queensland Government.
 This Australian Native Foods Web site is jointly supported by RIRDC and CSIRO.
DISCLAIMER: External links are provided for reference only. CSIRO does not endorse or in any way recommend the organisations listed and expressly excludes liability for and damage, loss or injury that a person may suffer as a result of any dealing with an organisation listed.
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